Achievements celebrated in this year’s Quality Account

Improvements and achievements celebrated in this
year’s Quality
AccountWork by MidCentral
District Health Board and Central Primary Health
Organisation to improve the services provided to the
community have been highlighted in the 2017/2018 Quality
Account document.

The Account provides a snapshot of the
achievements MidCentral DHB and Central PHO have made
throughout the year and offers an acknowledgement of the
hard work and commitment staff display towards bettering
community health outcomes.

The initiatives presented in
the Account are a selection of the great work that has
recently been completed or is currently underway. Examples
in this year’s Account include:

Changes to our
acute patient flow and clinical practice, including
supporting improved access to specialist care, and enhanced
support for older adults in hospital. This has led to a
reduction in delays in care whilst in hospital and a
reduction in medical admissions lasting over seven
days.

The Together Project – a co-design
process which has led to significantly decreased admissions
of term babies to the Neonatal Unit and enhanced the
all-important mum and baby time in the first few hours after
birth.

Revision of the pathway for treatment of
health issues arising from radiation therapy, acting to
reduce patient wait times.

These and other improvement
projects appear in the document arranged by Cluster. The
Clusters are groups of services responsible for the design
and delivery of healthcare within the Te Wao nui a Tāne
(Integrated Service Model), our new organisational
structure. More information on Te Wao nui a Tāne and
supporting measures can also be found in the Quality
Account.

Overviews of Serious Adverse Event reporting and
our performance against the Health Quality and Safety
Commission’s Quality and Safety Markers are
similarly included.

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